Paxton House is an innovative housing solution on a complex site, for Joseph Homes in Croydon, South London. Forty-three dwellings and a series of shared spaces have been carefully crafted to occupy an existing concrete-framed building, a former office block which had been left vacant and was being used by squatters.

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Architects: alma-nac

Location: 9 Cargreen Rd, London, United Kingdom

Lead Architect: Caspar Rodgers

Area: 2495.0 m2

Project Year: 2017

Photographs: Jack Hobhouse

Form Of Contract Or Procurement Route: Construction management

Structural Engineer : Civic Engineers

Mep Consultant: Integration UK

Planning Consultant: Rolfe Judd
Project Manager: Joseph Homes

Cdm Coordinator : Goddard Consulting

Approved Building Inspector: Greendoor

Construction Cost: £5 million

Construction Cost Per M²: £2,004

Client: Joseph Homes

Cad Software Used: Archicad

Annual Co2 Emissions : 14.6kgCO2eq/m²

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Text description provided by the architects. Paxton House is an innovative housing solution on a complex site, for Joseph Homes in Croydon, South London. Forty-three dwellings and a series of shared spaces have been carefully crafted to occupy an existing concrete-framed building, a former office block which had been left vacant and was being used by squatters...